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Rail Car Repairers

$62.51K Median Salary 2.2K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 5.2% Job Growth

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About This Career

Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul railroad rolling stock, mine cars, or mass transit rail cars.

Reported Job Titles

Freight Maintenance Specialist, Locomotive Repairman, Rail Car Maintenance Mechanic, Rail Car Mechanic, Rail Car Repairer, Rail Car Repairman, Rail Car Sandblaster, Rail Car Welder, Railroad Car Repairman, Train Car Repairman

Skills You'll Need

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Abilities

Arm-Hand Steadiness
Control Precision
Manual Dexterity
Multilimb Coordination
Finger Dexterity
Near Vision
Problem Sensitivity
Reaction Time
Static Strength
Trunk Strength
Perceptual Speed
Extent Flexibility
Flexibility of Closure
Deductive Reasoning
Far Vision
Information Ordering
Visualization
Category Flexibility
Gross Body Coordination
Gross Body Equilibrium
Hearing Sensitivity
Inductive Reasoning
Selective Attention
Speech Recognition
Stamina
Visual Color Discrimination

Knowledge

Mechanical
Production and Processing
Design
Administration and Management
Building and Construction
Engineering and Technology
Transportation
Mathematics

Skills

Repairing
Troubleshooting
Equipment Maintenance
Critical Thinking
Operations Monitoring
Quality Control Analysis
Operation and Control
Active Listening
Speaking

Technology Skills

Spreadsheet software
Presentation software
Internet browser software
Electronic mail software
Accounting software
Document management software
Office suite software
Operating system software
Word processing software
Data base user interface and query software
Inventory management software

Tools

Pry bars
Screwdrivers
Hoists
Socket attachments and accessories
Railway lift table for engine and component
Two way radios
Wheel balancing equipment
Tape measures
Cold chisels
Bearing fitting tool kits
Automatic lathe or chucking machine
Hydraulic press frames
Blow torch
Wheel alignment equipment
Levels
Safety glasses
Jacks
Pullers
Cleaning scrapers
Jib crane
Forklifts
Train braking systems
Squares
Sockets
Diagonal cut pliers
Railway rolling stock lifting jack
Ball peen hammer
Railway or tramway maintenance or service vehicle
Adjustable wrenches
Tractor mounted crane
Brake tester
Claw hammer
Shielded metal arc welding or stick welding machine
Combination wrenches
Torque wrenches
Needlenose pliers
Personal computers
Pipe wrenches
Tablet computers
Skid steer loaders